| Term | Definition |
|---|
| patriarch | male head of a family |
| brazier | metal box with hot coals |
| scurry | to move awkwardly, quickly |
| sprawl | to lie down |
| matriarch | female head of the family |
| cringe | crouch or move back suddenly |
| queasy | nauseated |
| dapper | well dressed |
| mock | to tease or make fun of |
| jostle | to push, bump against, or knock into |
| protrude | extend beyond or above a surface, stick out |
| sidle | to advance secretively, to move sideways |
| humiliate | cause to feel shame |
| forlorn | sad and lonely because deserted |
| reverent | feeling or showing profound respect or veneration |
| hue | take on color or become colored |
| sharecropper | a person who worked a farm in exchange for a share of the cropp |
| injustice | an unjust act |
| wayward | resistant to guidance or discipline |
| usher | show, guide somewhere |
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